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December 2002 ISSUE |
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Joeann's Musings
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Advantage Thinking: The
Joy of BEING a REALTOR
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More Advantage Thinking:What
differentiates you?
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Fossland's Free Forums
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Free Teleconferences
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Resources
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Stay Focused in 2003 |
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A
New Group Coaching Program
for anyone who wants to
push the limits in 2003!
Living An Awesome Year
Teleconferences
Limited to 20 Agents
Two hour long calls per
month on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
of each month: January- November
at
1 PM Eastern Time
plus unlimited email
coaching.
This program is a
seminar/mastermind group to give
you new ideas, keep you focused
and on track and provide
coaching to get through the
blocks!
Cost: $75 per month or prepay
entire year for
$695
Is it worth $75 a month to
have your best year ever??
For more information or to
register:
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Next
Business
Makeover Retreat
LAS VEGAS
Early Bird Price |
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February 21-23
Register by Jan
21$525
3 Full Days of Planning
Click below:
To Have The Best Year Ever in 2003
You'll create a compelling
personal and business vision and
plan with step by step tools to get
you there.
"I attended the 3-day
Living on Purpose
retreat 2 years ago &
participated in a
teleconference version
last fall &
as a result
my business has
increased
by over 47% this
year... amazing
what
a little bit of
planning
can do for
you."
Marilyn Urso, CRB,CRS,ePRO, GRI,
LTG,
Long Island Village Realty,
Syosset, NY
This will
fill quickly: click the link here
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The Real Estate Game (tm) |
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A 15 minute group
coaching call to start your
day right!Every M-F for 4
weeks.
Here's what a recent
participant had to say:
"In
just one month, I put together
25 transactions!
Thanks again! "
- Ted Burton Jacobsen,
Coralville, Iowa
The Next Games
Begin:
January 27 6
AM Pacific,
9 AM Eastern
February 3 6:45
AM Pacific,
9:45
AM Eastern
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To be nobody but yourself in a
world which is doing its best, night
and day, to make you everybody else –
means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight, and
never stop fighting.
– e. e. cummings
Without deviation progress is not
possible.
-Frank
Zappa
'Everyone has inside of him a piece of
good news. The good
news is that you don't know how
great you can be! How much
you can love! What you can
accomplish! And what your
potential is!'
-
Anne Frank
'All greatness is achieved while
performing outside your
comfort zone.'
-- Greg Arnold
'The biggest human temptation is
to settle for too little.'
-- Thomas Merton
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Contact |
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Joeann Fossland,
GRI,LTG,RECS Master Certified
Coach
Advantage Solutions Group
P O Box 133
Cortaro, AZ 85652
Phone: 520.744.8731
Fax: 800.597.4196
Email:
joeann@joeann.com
URL:
http://www.joeann.com |
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THE
SMALL PRINT |
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PRIVACY POLICY
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Joeann's Musings: Surprises
vs. Problems |
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Do
unexpected events throw your day
into crisis and upset? Or do you
gracefully go with the flow?
A 114 year old man when asked the
secret to his longevity said, "When
it rains, I let it."
And
a very good friend of mine said she
had recently begun to just accept
"what is is"!
Give yourself power in this coming
year by refusing to let the
unexpected derail you or suck
energy.
I
have adopted the attitude that these
are SURPRISES instead of looking at
them as problems or challenges. For
me, a surprise usually holds
something good, whereas a problem or
even a challenge makes me think of
struggle.
In
our business, our job is to jump the
hurdles that appear for our buyers
and sellers, giving them a smooth
ride. After all, if it were easy and
without complications, why would the
public need us? So, I hope in 2003,
you enjoy the ride and welcome
the surprises ! It's all in your
perspective........
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Advantage Thinking: The
Joy Of BEING a REALTOR |
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What if, in 2003, you just
focused each and every day on
taking every opportunity to BE
the best that you could be? Now,
I don't exactly mean that you
should throw away your business
plan (or worse, not make one).
But I do mean letting go of
thinking you must micromanage of
each prospecting task into
monthly, weekly and daily
actions.
Imagine that you could set your
goal for the year...have a very
clear vision of what the end
result you want looks
like...defined by production
goals and personal goals,
limiting the time worked to the
ideal. And then, each day, you
review that picture and think
what is the one action that I
could take today that would give
me the highest payoff to move me
towards that goal. Then do that
FIRST! Or, at least come back to
it as you get the other "must
dos" accomplished.
If, every day in 2003, you took
the action that would give you
the highest payoff...I promise
you a great year.
Now, I want to take this one
step further... Are you willing
to stretch the limits of your
thinking a bit with me here?
What if, that activity simply
needed to be you BEING the best
you by being obvious and making
sure you are spending time
around people who know and love
you. By taking EVERY opportunity
to play and network with friends
and other business people who
have commitments to BIG things?
This is part of stirring up the
cosmic dust, which attracts
business in unbelievable ways.
Often ways that don't seem
connected to the actions you
have taken, but are a result of
the energy you have sent out to
others in the universe. Your
putting yourself in the midst of
where the possibilities for
business are by being around
lots of people is taking that
first step of action, letting
the universe know you are
serious. And the universe will
respond....
So, in 2003, BE the best that
you can be each and every day
and reap the rewards!
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Advantage Thinking: What
differentiates you? |
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It's a "me,too" business we are
in. For each marketing tool you
have, your competitors probably
will tell the seller "me, too."
The best thing you can do is to
stay ahead of everyone else by
being creative in what you offer
to sellers. A weekly hour of R&D
to keep up with what your
competitors are doing and to see
what new ideas and ways of serving
your clients are available will
let you strategically plan. Break
it up into 15 minutes 4 times a
week, or any way you like...but do
it this year.
You want to be zigging when they a
zagging. I believe in creating
niches and then building into your
marketing specific incentives that
will speak to your target market
in a way that others haven't
thought of. Ask yourself, what
else is my target market
interested in and find some
alliance partners. The seniors
market could be interested in
travel, health, investments. Add
some partners to your marketing
program this year and watch
business grow! By helping others
grow their businesses, you'll grow
yours!
TIP>>Here's a great example of a
page that differentiates:
It belongs to Risa Saltman
www.risa.net
http://MNFeatures.com/cards/Christmas.idc?LoginID=Risa
Risa says, "The credit for the
creation goes to Chas, from
Minnesota, he is the creator and
does all the holidays, including
birthday and anniversary etc
etc. His email is
chas@mnrealty.com
And, by the way, if you want to a
source for ideas and a way to stay
focused this year, consider the
Living An Awesome Year
Teleconference Program. |
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Fossland's Free Forums: January
Schedule |
Tips To Stay On Track for 2003
January 15
8 AM Pacific
Time
I'll share with you my best ideas
for setting up a get support
structure for staying focused and on
track. Come with your best
ideas
to share.
Working Moms Quest for Sanity
January
15 10 AM PDT
If you've just
become a mom or are struggling with
balancing small children with your
career, this coaching call is for
you. We share strategies for sanity
AND having a business you love. This
is now a monthly, brainstorming and
support group, meeting the 3rd Wed
of each month.
Register by replying to this
email with Topic, your name, city,
company,and phone
Please note: times above are Pacific
Daylight
(California) Time, please
adjust for your time zoneor
at
http://www.joeann.com/classesregistration.htm
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Other Free Teleconferences
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Snap Into Action:
Increase Your Production
The 1st Friday each month at 8 AM
PDT 11 AM ET
My friend, coach Bernice Ross
leads
a monthly
free session on how to
increase your production during the
last quarter of 2002.
So put your thinking hats on,
come up with one great
strategy, and join us in a fun,
interactive, brainstorming session.
www.RealEstateCoach.com
~~~The
Real Estate CyberSpace Society FALL
NETWORKING CONVENTION is
open online & free. --
complete with 3 National Speakers
(Pat Zaby, Stephen
Canale and Matthew Ferrara)
There
is also the Real Estate
On-Line Expo with 182 Booths. The
exhibitors will give thousands of
dollars in prizes away.
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